Paul Ryan

When you question this war on poverty, you get all the criticisms from adherents to the status quo who just don't want to see anything change. We got to have the courage to face that down, just as we did in the welfare reform of the late 1990s, and if we succeeded, we can help resuscitate this culture and get people back to work.

American Politician

Rick Perlstein

One of the most important things liberals don't understand about conservatism, obscured by too much lazy talk about conservatism's various 'wings,' is that its tenets form a relatively organic base for its adherents, where 'traditional morality' serves the interests of laissez-faire economics and vice-versa.

American Historian

Dominic Grieve

Contrary to the myth that the U.K. respects decisions of the Strasbourg court but many other adherent states do not, the convention and Strasbourg court judgements have proved a highly effective tool in protecting and developing human rights in countries with no tradition of the rule of law.

British Politician

Ta-Nehisi Coates

The symbolic power of Barack Obama's presidency - that whiteness was no longer strong enough to prevent peons taking up residence in the castle - assaulted the most deeply rooted notions of white supremacy and instilled fear in its adherents and beneficiaries.

American Journalist

Alban Berg

I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music - should there be any left - would go mad with joy.

Austrian Composer

Tom Junod

Conservatives still attack feminism with the absurd notion that it makes its adherents less attractive to men; in truth, it is feminism that has made forty-two-year-old women so desirable.

J. D. Vance

There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains adherents by the day.

American Author

Khalil Gibran

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Lebanese Poet

Karl Kraus

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.

Austrian Writer

George Orwell

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

British Author

Used often in political or ideological contexts to describe committed supporters.

Political Usage

Implies a positive and active support, not just passive agreement.

Positive Connotation

Not a direct substitute for 'fan' or 'enthusiast' which are less formal and committed.

Not Interchangeable

Mostly used in scientific language to describe physical attachment in biology or chemistry.

Scientific Context

Expresses the literal idea of sticking or being attached to a surface.

Literal Attachment

Suggests that something is not easily removed, hinting at a strong bond or difficulty in separation.

Implying Difficulty

Indicates not just support for an idea, but often implies active involvement in a movement.

Movement Affiliation

Highlights the shared beliefs or goals among a group or community.

Shared Beliefs

 rather than preserving it. What I am talking about is the Muslim extreme right, and the fact that its adherents are or purport to be Muslim makes them no less offensive than the extreme right anywhere else. So in my view, if we consider ourselves

Karima Bennoune: The...

 and tradition have changed according to the spiritual needs and desires of its billions of adherents worldwide a man from Judea is simple message of peace and forgiveness remains just as powerful

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 But instead of asking for material goods, Diogenes only asked Alexander to get out of his sunshine. After Diogenes’ death, adherents to his philosophy continued to call themselves Cynics

Adherent